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  • Give Hope a Chance by S.J. McCoy

    Give Hope a Chance by S.J. McCoy

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    This is the final part of Chance and Hope's trilogy. We left them in a good place at the end of Finding Hope. Now it's time to see how their story concludes. Chance is starting to relax and to believe that he and Hope can have a future together...
  • Burn So Good by J.H. Croix

    Burn So Good by J.H. Croix

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Ella Life isn’t fair. I know that lesson well. I said goodbye to Caleb ten years ago. The boy I once loved is all man now.. As a hotshot firefighter, he’s all about saving others. Life ripped us apart, stealing more than I could’ve imagined. Time didn’t heal all of my wounds, and time never let me forget what we once had. Once again, Caleb comes to my rescue...
  • Play With Fire by J.H. Croix

    Play With Fire by J.H. Croix

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Jasmine I lost my job, lost my fiancé, and started a bar fight. That’s how I met Donovan Ryan. Don’t worry. I gave another guy a bloody nose, not Donovan. Donovan is way too handsome for my own good, certainly for my peace of mind. He’s also one of those save-the-day hotshot firefighters. You know the type. Strong, protective, dangerously hot. Now isn’t the time for me to fall for anyone...
  • Daddy in Cowboy Boots by Laylah Roberts

    Daddy in Cowboy Boots by Laylah Roberts

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Linc liked an uncomplicated life.He didn’t need much. A cold beer after a hard day’s work. A comfy bed. Good food. And a soft, sweet woman. A Little he could coddle, love and discipline.When he met Marisol, he thought he’d finally found her.Hmm . . . remember that uncomplicated life he enjoyed? Turns out that Mari’s life is anything but simple...
  • Saxon's Soul by Laylah Roberts

    Saxon's Soul by Laylah Roberts

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Many believed he didn’t possess a heart. Not true. It was just hidden beneath a layer of protection so deep no one would ever penetrate it. Until her. Aspen. Sweet. Innocent. Beautiful. And not the woman for him. Despite his reputation, Joel Saxon wasn’t in the habit of corrupting innocents. Especially when she had no clue about the dark desires he possessed...
  • Cowboy Seeking Nanny by Janice Whiteaker

    Cowboy Seeking Nanny by Janice Whiteaker

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    As a widowed father trying to build a family empire while juggling dirty diapers and bed times, Brody Pace has full hands.And an empty bed.Losing his high school sweetheart after the birth of their twins left him broken, battered, and lonely. But business doesn’t wait, and neither do toddlers...
  • Finding Hope by S.J. McCoy

    Finding Hope by S.J. McCoy

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    His time in Oregon didn’t end the way he’d hoped, and now Chance is back at the ranch. He put himself out there, made an attempt at opening up his heart to happiness, but it didn’t work out. Maybe he’s just not supposed to be happy? That’s what he’s starting to believe—until his Remington brothers convince him he shouldn’t give up Hope just yet...
  • Intimate Seduction by Brenda Jackson

    Intimate Seduction by Brenda Jackson

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    When a man finds a beautiful woman asleep in his bed... ...he has only one choice. To seduce her with a night of lovemaking she'll never forget. Trouble is, Donovan Steele's sultry new housekeeper is just as determined not to become the legendary playboy's latest conquest. Trading the Ivy League for down South, Natalie Ford is helping out with her ailing aunt's housecleaning service...
  • Hidden Pleasures by Brenda Jackson

    Hidden Pleasures by Brenda Jackson

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    All she has to do is be his lover for a week… And when the man is gorgeous Galen Steele, what woman could possibly say no? Brittany Thrasher has her own hidden motives for accepting Galen's proposal. Only the savvy businesswoman draws the line at actually falling for the sexy playboy. Even if he is the incredible lover of her most taboo fantasies…...
  • Falling for Tender Heart by Katie Lane

    Falling for Tender Heart by Katie Lane

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Her Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys . . . New York editor Emery Wakefield has come to Bliss, Texas, in search of the fabled final novel in the Tender Heart series—a series that left readers the world over hanging when the author died. But finding a happily-ever-after for her beloved characters and editorial success for herself won’t be easy...
  • Seduction, Westmoreland Style by Brenda Jackson

    Seduction, Westmoreland Style by Brenda Jackson

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Montana horse breeder McKinnon Quinn savored his "no women on my ranch" rule. So when Casey Westmoreland asked for a job training horses, he turned her down flat. For despite her innocent looks, she tempted him beyond reason. Casey had vowed to get McKinnon to hire her and make him her first--her only--lover. Yet after every steamy encounter, the infuriating man dodged her...
  • Wyatt  Men of Clifton, Montana Book 4 by Susan Fisher-Davis

    Wyatt Men of Clifton, Montana Book 4 by Susan Fisher-Davis

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Wyatt Stone knows how easily a woman can destroy a man’s trust, because he’s been there. So when his attraction for Olivia Roberts brings him to the point of giving in to his desire for her, he knows the safest thing to do is not start something he can’t finish, but Olivia is so irresistible...
  • Crash & Burn by J.H. Croix

    Crash & Burn by J.H. Croix

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Fall in the mud. Best way to meet a H-O-T guy. Not . Rachel I fell in the mud, got a flat tire, and Remy kissed me. I saw stars. I might’ve seen God. But a hotshot firefighter to rescue me? Don’t think so. Then, I catch way too hot Remy Martin staring at my muddy a**. He’s got that whole tall, dark & protective thing going strong. So strong, I can’t resist...
  • Bring on the Night by S.J. McCoy

    Bring on the Night by S.J. McCoy

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She's the head of a major country music record label. She's worked hard to get where she is. She demands the best of herself—and of everyone around her.He's the label's biggest star—and the biggest pain in the a** she ever met. It's not that he's one of those arrogant musicians; to be fair, he's not a bad guy. In fact, he's a great guy. It's just that he irritates the life out of her...
  • Montana Pines Winter Romance by Jill Haymaker

    Montana Pines Winter Romance by Jill Haymaker

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Never let your past define your future. Single mom, HALEY DUNN, is ready for a new start for herself and her four-year-old son, Noah. When she loses not only her job and home, but the man who she thought cared about her, she decides to leave her hometown in Michigan and head to the west coast...
  • Gone Country by Lorelei James

    Gone Country by Lorelei James

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    She’s a little bit country, and he’s…not. Arizona businessman and long-lost McKay love child Gavin Daniels has been awarded sole custody of his teenage daughter Sierra for one year. In order to steer Sierra back on track after a brush with the law, he pulls up stakes and heads to Wyoming, looking for support from his ranching family...even if he isn’t sure where they fit in the McKay dynamic...
  • Forever Starts Tonight by Barbara Freethy

    Forever Starts Tonight by Barbara Freethy

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Seven best friends start out as bridesmaids and end up as brides! It's Jessica's turn to fall in love in the popular Bachelors & Bridesmaids Series by #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Barbara Freethy...
  • No More Playas by Brenda Jackson

    No More Playas by Brenda Jackson

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Lance Montgomery, renowned relationship expert, has perfected the art of being a playa. His acclaimed workshops and bestselling books prove it. His most popular title, The Playa’s Handbook, caused a major uproar among black women and men, and shot to the top of the bestseller list. Then he met Dr. Asia Fowler, a colleague whose views on love are vastly different from his own...
  • The Single Dad's New Twins - A Billionaire Cowboy Romance by Holly Rayner

    The Single Dad's New Twins - A Billionaire Cowboy Romance by Holly Rayner

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    She’s got a secret: TWINS, and they’re his… But this ain’t the cowboy’s first rodeo… Karla is a would-be entrepreneur, trying to make it work in Oklahoma City. Finding herself in debt after her efforts fail to bear fruit, however, she bounces from one temp job to another until she meets Garrett, the owner of the very company where she just had a car-crash interview...
  • The Rancher Takes a Family by Paula Altenburg

    The Rancher Takes a Family by Paula Altenburg

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Rugged rancher Jake McGregor wrangles cattle better than kids, but when he's suddenly saddled with three grieving children, he's determined to step up. His sister's kids shouldn't pay for her error in judgment in naming him guardian. Problem is, he doesn't have a clue what he's doing. And the woman who attempts to help with his every fumble is the one woman he wants to steer clear of..
  • Heavenly Angel by Heather Rainier

    Heavenly Angel by Heather Rainier

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Angel Martinez has worked patiently for months to draw the fragile beauty out of her shell, wooing her with gentle kindness and falling for her delightful two-year-old in the process. Teresa left her painful past behind and built a new life for her and her son. She cares deeply for Angel, but is afraid to let down her guard...
  • The Chase Is On by Brenda Jackson

    The Chase Is On by Brenda Jackson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    WHAT CHASE WESTMORELAND WANTED... Something sure looked tempting, and Chase knew it wasn't on his restaurant's menu. His new neighbor Jessica Claiborne was as deliciously enticing as the confections she created--so enticing, Chase was finding it difficult to concentrate on anything but the curve of her lips...
  • Risky Pleasures by Brenda Jackson

    Risky Pleasures by Brenda Jackson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Although frustrated in his attempt to acquire Steele Corporation, arrogant millionaire Cameron Cody will not be denied the firm's most attractive asset, Vanessa Steele. So when Cameron learns that Vanessa is house-sitting for her sister in Jamaica, he buys the adjoining property and makes her an offer she can't refuse...
  • Claim & Protect by Rhenna Morgan

    Claim & Protect by Rhenna Morgan

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Live hard, f*ck harder and follow only their own rules. Those are the cornerstones the six men of the Haven Brotherhood live and bleed by, refusing to conform to society's expectations, taking what they want and always watching each other's backs. Trevor Raines lives on the edge of legal...
  • Quade's Babies by Brenda Jackson

    Quade's Babies by Brenda Jackson

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Quade Westmoreland's one-night love affair with Cheyenne had branded him body and soul, but he'd never even learned her last name. Almost a year later, driven by memories and one incriminating photo, the sexy operative had finally tracked her down--and discovered three little babies bearing his features...
  • Cowboys of Chance Creek Vol 0 - 2 by Cora Seton

    Cowboys of Chance Creek Vol 0 - 2 by Cora Seton

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Three fast-paced, full-length, sexy western romance novels in one set! Available for a limited time only. Including: The Cowboy Inherits a Bride: When a big city chef and a hometown country boy go toe to toe to win an inheritance, the competition gets smoking hot...
  • All Cowboy and Charm by Rhonda Lee Carver

    All Cowboy and Charm by Rhonda Lee Carver

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    What happens at a fertility clinic stays at a fertility clinic...unless there's an accidental switch-a-roo...Successful author Melanie Jane decided after a very public divorce that she would prove to the world, especially her critiques, that she didn’t need a man to make her dreams come true. So, she wrote a best seller and used a fertility clinic to get pregnant...
  • Gabe by Susan Fisher-Davis

    Gabe by Susan Fisher-Davis

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Gabe Stone can’t get Emma Conner out of his mind, even though he knows she’s not the kind of woman to settle for a fling. Having known Emma all her life, he never noticed how grown up she’d become - until now. Emma has been in love with Gabe forever. When he finally shows her the attention she’s always hoped for, she falls even deeper in love with him, and soon discovers she’s pregnant...
  • Dreams of Forever: Seduction, Westmoreland Style\Spencer's Forbidden Passion by Brenda Jackson

    Dreams of Forever: Seduction, Westmoreland Style\Spencer's Forbidden Passion by Brenda Jackson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Montana horse breeder McKinnon Quinn is adamant about his "no women on my ranch" rule. So when Casey Westmoreland asks for a job training horses, he turns her down flat. Despite her innocent looks, she tempts him beyond reason. Casey vows to get McKinnon to hire her, and to make him her first and only lover. But after every steamy encounter, he avoids her, infuriating her even more...
  • Cowboy's Unexpected Family by Leslie North

    Cowboy's Unexpected Family by Leslie North

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Home is where the heart is…Single mom and widow Amy Thorne loves her beautiful town. It’s her job to market her little corner of heaven, and right now, she’s promoting the town’s upcoming rodeo. Everything is perfect—until rodeo star Cal Pierce arrives.Astonishingly, the smoldering cowboy is the spitting image of her late husband...
  • A Cheerful Little Coloring Day by Paige Michaels

    A Cheerful Little Coloring Day by Paige Michaels

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    One Little. Two Daddies. Three happily ever afters?Life hasn't treated Eloise Grace kindly. Bouncing around between foster homes left her feeling mistrustful and unloved. She knows how lucky she is to have found Rawhide Ranch, but it’s hard for her to trust the kindness of others.Security guards Rhodes and Tiago have kept a close eye on Eloise...
  • Brody by Susan Fisher-Davis

    Brody by Susan Fisher-Davis

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When Brody Morgan comes back to Clifton from Butte, it’s because his life is in turmoil. He slept with a married woman, lost his US Marshal job, and is firmly implanted in the crosshairs of a mobster that is out for blood. Not only that, but the woman he’s always loved, Madilyn Young, isn’t too happy with him either, since he left her five years earlier to join the Marshals...
  • Linda Howard Collection by Linda Howard

    Linda Howard Collection by Linda Howard

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Heartbreaker The ranch she'd inherited was nearly bankrupt, and now Michelle discovered that she was also deeply in debt to John Rafferty, the tough-talking, hard-loving rancher who'd fascinated her since their first meeting years ago. But that fascination also scared her, and never more so than now, when he suggested a bargain that was far more tempting than it should have been...
  • Flames of Attraction: Quade's Babies\Tall, Dark...Westmoreland! by Brenda Jackson

    Flames of Attraction: Quade's Babies\Tall, Dark...Westmoreland! by Brenda Jackson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Quade's Babies Quade Westmoreland's one-night love affair with Cheyenne brands him body and soul, but he never even learns her last name. Almost a year later, driven by sensual memories and one incriminating photo, the sexy operative finally tracks her down—and discovers three little babies who look just like him...
  • Keep Me Close by J.H. Croix

    Keep Me Close by J.H. Croix

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A brand new firefighter series from USA Today Bestselling Author J.H. Croix!No last names. No phone numbers. Never see each other again.It was supposed to be simple. One night with no strings. I had just gotten the worst news of my life and wanted to forget everything.The broody firefighter was perfect. Our night together was so hot, I forgot everything but the rules...
  • Memories for Eternity: Taming Clint Westmoreland\Cole's Red-Hot Pursuit by Brenda Jackson

    Memories for Eternity: Taming Clint Westmoreland\Cole's Red-Hot Pursuit by Brenda Jackson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Taming Clint Westmoreland In name only? The moment former Texas Ranger Clint Westmoreland learns that he is still married, he sets the limits for his wife's stay at his exclusive horse ranch. But when she arrives, Clint's boundaries begin to blur. He and Alyssa Barkley have thirty days to untangle the legal knot that bound them together during an undercover assignment years before...
  • A Cowboy's Baby by Vicki Lewis Thompson

    A Cowboy's Baby by Vicki Lewis Thompson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Ready or not, he’s a daddy… Gage Sawyer has been a rolling stone since he left the family ranch at eighteen. A year and a half ago he had a fling with Emma Green, and never forgot about her. But when he showed up at her door, she shut it in his face. He figured that was that…until she arrived in Eagles Nest with a baby. His baby...
  • Melt With You by J.H. Croix

    Melt With You by J.H. Croix

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Harlow A wedding, a one-night stand, and no happily-ever-after. That’s how it all started with Max Channing. Along comes another cliché – a second chance. A year later, I’m about to face Christmas alone when tall, dark & handsome Max shows up again. Our lives are worlds apart. He’s a billionaire tech investor. I’m a hotshot firefighter. Nothing about us makes any sense...
  • Falling for a Cowboy's Smile by Katie Lane

    Falling for a Cowboy's Smile by Katie Lane

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    No heart is safe when a charming cowboy comes to town... Dirk Hadley has bamboozled everyone in Bliss, Texas, into believing that he’s an easygoing drifter just passing through town. But Dirk is no drifter. He’s on a mission to discover the truth about his past. And when that past collides with the sweet and beautiful Gracie Arrington, he won’t be able to maintain his charade...
  • Falling Head Over Boots by Katie Lane

    Falling Head Over Boots by Katie Lane

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Whatcha got cookin’, good-lookin’? After getting her heart broken, Carly Hanover believes the only person she can trust is herself. She works hard to become an executive chef and dreams of opening her own restaurant. But after being blackballed in the culinary world for losing her temper with a customer, that dream starts to fade . .
  • Only Hers by Francis Ray

    Only Hers by Francis Ray

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    St. Louis R. N. Shannon Johnson desperately needs a break from both her hectic job and an unsatisfying long-term love affair. The parcel of Texas land she recently inherited is just the refuge she craves. Until fellow landowner Matt Taggar challenges her to prove she has what it takes to work the sprawling ranch...
  • 12-ALARM COWBOYS by Cora Seton, Becky McGraw

    12-ALARM COWBOYS by Cora Seton, Becky McGraw

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    AFTER THE FIRE by Cora Seton When a series of fires keeps bringing him to her door, a firefighter must uncover his ex-girlfriend’s secret or risk losing her forever. WHERE THERE'S SMOKE (A Cowboy Way Novella) by Becky McGraw Cowboy Austin McBride follows a herd to a new town, but firefighting is his passion, so he applies at a local station...
  • Cowboy Justice 12-Pack by Susan Stoker, Elle James

    Cowboy Justice 12-Pack by Susan Stoker, Elle James

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Get your TWELVE Cowboy Lawmen who are so hot it's criminal. The COWBOY JUSTICE 12-Pack includes fresh novellas by twelve New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Authors! JUSTICE FOR LAINE by Susan Stoker - What began as a favor turns out to be fate when Laine meets sexy Texas Ranger Wes and falls for him...
  • Her Cowboy, Her Daddy by Shanna Handel

    Her Cowboy, Her Daddy by Shanna Handel

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When she takes a long vacation to visit her parents in the tiny town of Little Peak, Wyoming, Bridgette Smith is quickly left wondering if her sanity will last a day, let alone six weeks...
  • Bashful Banker by Cindy Caldwell

    Bashful Banker by Cindy Caldwell

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Olivia Hamilton loves everything about New York—her local coffee shop, the walk to work, the skyscrapers. As a young, single CPA working on audits, life is exciting—and longing for her Texas cowboy-boot history fades day by day. Fred Wharton, III, has spent his entire life in Riston, Idaho, working in his family’s business—the Bank of Riston...
  • Picture Perfect by Cindy Caldwell

    Picture Perfect by Cindy Caldwell

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Opal Hamilton’s newfound home at River’s End Ranch is everything she’d hoped it would be. With her new job at the gallery, she’s thrown herself into what’s most important to her—her family and her photography of the magnificent mountains and wildlife at River’s End Ranch. Her sister is happily married, and her father settled, and her own future is the furthest thing from her mind...
  • Cowboys Don't Stay by Anne McAllister

    Cowboys Don't Stay by Anne McAllister

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Rodeo cowboy Noah Tanner spent his life going down the road. He never stopped. He never stayed --until rehab from an accident stuck him in Laramie, Wyoming over the holidays. So, fine. He'd stay with Tess. Who better to spend Christmas with than the gorgeous nurse who'd patched him up once before? Once Tess Montgomery had loved Noah...
  • Baby-Daddy Cowboy by Vicki Lewis Thompson

    Baby-Daddy Cowboy by Vicki Lewis Thompson

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It’s all fun and games until… oh, baby!CJ Andrews loved every second of his brief affair with beautiful and witty Isabel Ricchetti. Under different circumstances, she could have been the one. Too bad her coffee shop is in Seattle, not Apple Grove, Montana.But when a failed condom turns their carefree fling into a serious commitment, CJ’s priorities shift...
  • Cole's Red-Hot Pursuit by Brenda Jackson

    Cole's Red-Hot Pursuit by Brenda Jackson

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    And what the former Texas Ranger wanted now was sultry Patrina Forman. But Patrina was set against falling for a man with a no-strings attitude, and there was no way she'd fall into bed with a lawman!Then a Montana blizzard changed everything. Trapped together for three sinfully delicious nights, Cole soon had Patrina singing a different tune thanks to his brand of red-hot seduction...
  • Ian's Ultimate Gamble by Brenda Jackson

    Ian's Ultimate Gamble by Brenda Jackson

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Casino owner Ian Westmoreland thought he had seen the last of Brooke Chamberlain, until she checked into his resort claiming to need a little R & R. Brooke had betrayed him years before, and Ian was willing to bet there was more to her visit than she would admit. No woman had even come close to igniting the heat and passion inside him as Brooke once had...
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